But the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Mississippi jumped into the religious freedom debate with both feet yesterday, as Gov.
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Connecticut and Illinois even have Religious Freedom Restoration Acts on the books to protect religious freedom from government interference.
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act Mike Pence gained notoriety in 2015 for signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.
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But it shouldn't require that experience to understand that religious freedom for some is really religious freedom for none.
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Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo convened the first ever Religious Freedom Ministerial in Washington, D.C., drawing religious freedom ministers and advocates from over 80 countries to discuss the vital importance of international religious freedom.
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The Cameroon American Council works with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and George Washington University's Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom, among others, to ensure religious freedom is protected in word and in deed.
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It also recommends visa bans against violators of religious freedom, as provided for in the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
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Since the enactment of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 1993, the concept of religious freedom has been grossly distorted.
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U.S. ambassador for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, told reporters the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom will include more than a dozen government ministers.
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No individual's religious freedom should be able to threaten public health, and certainly not because those who prioritize religious freedom tend to vote Republican.
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The big picture: A State Department report on religious freedom, released 2 weeks ago, mentioned concerns raised by U.S. Jews over religious freedom in Israel.
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In 2016, Jakarta-based Setara Institute, which monitors religious freedom in Indonesia, reported a significant increase in acts of religious intolerance and religious freedom violations.
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The department on Tuesday issued its annual International Religious Freedom Report for 2017 , which covers 200 countries and territories, documenting religious freedom and human rights abuses.
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And if Trump pledges to uphold authentic religious freedom, namely religious freedom for all, he can find common ground, and even opportunities for collaboration, at the Vatican.
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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) repeatedly has classified Saudi Arabia as a "country of particular concern" — its harshest designation for countries that violate religious freedom, which could provoke certain sanctions on Saudi Arabia by the U.S. government under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act.
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His Virginia Statue doesn't say anything about protecting private citizens' religious freedom from other individuals, which is what the recent crop of religious freedom laws are arguably about.
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Respect for religious freedom, according to a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, can play a role in responding to these harmful practices.
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Trump's ambassador for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, said during Wednesday's meeting that the administration would announce "additional measures" on religious freedom at the State Department meeting on Thursday.
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Briefing reporters on the report Tuesday, US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback called religious freedom "a foundational human right" from which other rights stem.
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In addition to addressing the countries that violate religious freedom, ministerial attendees sought solutions to the egregious religious freedom violations being committed by "Entities of Particular Concern" (EPCs).
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Every religious belief is a minority in some part of America, which is why a majority-rules theory of religious freedom eventually means no religious freedom at all.
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Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, in a call with reporters on Tuesday, cited a catalog of religious freedom violations perpetrated by some of these nations.
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In 1998, Congress unanimously passed the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), establishing the Office of International Religious Freedom in the State Department, led by an IRF Ambassador at Large.
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China was strongly opposed to the envoy's "wrong comments" about religious freedom and had lodged "stern representations" with the United States, Lu said, adding that China protected religious freedom.
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Additionally, Congress recently re-authorized the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom — an organization that identifies international violations of religious freedom and advises Congress on how to prevent them.
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We are looking at opening it up in a state that has its own religious freedom restoration act put in at a state level (versus the federal religious freedom laws).
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Congress has passed two pieces of legislation protecting religious freedom with overwhelming bipartisan support: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
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Health and Human Services just announced a new "Conscience and Religious Freedom" office to "vigorously uphold the rights of conscience and religious freedom," acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan recently announced.
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But the ACLU is so committed to a narrative promoting the "dangers" of religious freedom that it is unwilling to engage religious freedom protections even to shield its own clients.
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The U.S. International Commission of Religious Freedom has designated Iran as a "country of particular concern" in subsequent annual reports on what it describes as egregious violators of religious freedom.
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During the evening, Buttigieg explained his underlying philosophy on religious freedom: "The right to religious freedom ends where religion is being used as an excuse to harm other people," he said.
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Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, along with four religious leaders from Sudan, Iraq, Brazil and Cyprus, were awarded the 2019 the International Religious Freedom Award, which is given to advocates of religious freedom.
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The U.S. State Department hosted the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, its first-ever global summit on this topic, bringing together dozens of countries to promote and protect religious freedom and tolerance.
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Nathan Deal vetoed a religious freedom bill that was perceived as anti-LGBTQ, and one of the reasons Indiana amended its religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination.
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Finally, the Supreme Court has made it very clear that religious freedom is not unlimited; the Court has had no difficulty cabining religious freedom in favor of states' compelling interests in nondiscrimination.
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At a time when the post of ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom remains vacant, Congress has an especially important role to play in advocating for religious freedom around the world.
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Publication of the State Department's Religious Freedom Report on Cameroon in 2018, inclusion of Cameroon in the State Department's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in 2019, and the Trump administration's inaugural religious freedom forum at the 2019 United Nations General Assembly would seem to point toward respect for the Abienwi family's spiritual and cultural burial rites.
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Thursday's filing alleges that the Bureau of Prisons and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement are violating the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Bureau of Prisons' own guidelines on religious freedom.
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I chaired a panel Wednesday at the State Department's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington that examined the challenges women face today, along with the intersection between women's rights and religious freedom.
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In the American State Department's annual report on religious freedom, published last month, it was confirmed that the administration viewed Uzbekistan as a "country of particular concern (CPC)" in respect of religious freedom.
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In the ambassadorship, Mr. Brownback would lead the Office of International Religious Freedom, which is under the umbrella of the State Department and charged with promoting religious freedom as a foreign policy objective.
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The biggest threat to religious freedom is a big, bad, and ancient idea that has iterations on both the right and left: that religious freedom is subject to the whims of the majority.
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Then there is the issue of religious freedom in Russia.
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They disdain constitutional protections for religious freedom and equal protection.
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Then, in 2015, Indiana's Religious Freedom and Restoration Act happened.
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"substantial burden" language out of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
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Where does he stand on birth control and religious freedom?
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But that's not how religious freedom is supposed to work.
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Religious freedom is enshrined in the constitution and the Pancasila.
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Read MoreWhy are states still passing awful 'religious freedom' laws?
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Religious freedom was a constitutional right firmly embraced by progressives.
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Religious freedom is rarely a rallying cry on the left.
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Also, the terms of religious freedom are quite good here.
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It is not a distinction drawn along religious freedom lines.
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The stakes are high, and not just for religious freedom.
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Religious freedom was formally established in the Constitution's First Amendment.
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protects people of faith.
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Religious freedom is a fundamental right, not a political football.
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Those practices run counter to Russian rules on religious freedom.
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International religious freedom is not a "Republican" or "Democrat" issue.
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This atrocity is an attack on Christianity & religious freedom everywhere.
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He has advocated bolstering the legal protections for religious freedom.
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O'Connor said the rule violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Conservatives harshly criticized O'Rourke's remarks for infringing on religious freedom.
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Montana Department of Revenue, as a case about religious freedom.
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It led to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
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The bill also takes on the issue of religious freedom.
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There is far more religious freedom in their countries now.
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The religious freedom commission categorizes both as Tier 2 countries.
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Religious freedom supports, and is supported by, other political freedoms.
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When those freedoms are threatened, religious freedom is also threatened.
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Mr. Ray's religious freedom mattered as much as anyone else's.
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Human rights abuses in North Korea, including violations of religious freedom, are a "matter of discussion" ahead of the planned summit, Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom, said on Tuesday.
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The first part of the order mimics the kind of religious freedom law — a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) — that conservative groups have pushed for state governments to pass over the past few years.
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The State Department also said it had re-designated 10 other nations as "countries of particular concern" under the International Religious Freedom Act for having engaged in or tolerated egregious violations of religious freedom.
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Thomas Farr is president of the Religious Freedom Institute, director of the Religious Freedom Research Project at Georgetown University and professor of the Practice of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.
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And third, the Equality Act would ensure that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a bill that protects the exercise of religious freedom in the United States, cannot be misused as a license to discriminate.
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He sees a fundamental difference between Christians who thought their religious freedom was trampled by desegregation and Christians who think their religious freedom is trampled when their business and charities have to serve gay people.
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The bill's backers say they are trying to protect religious freedom.
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The debate over "religious freedom" laws is not unique to Tennessee.
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What would that mean for a nation founded on religious freedom?
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Phil Bryant signed that state's version of a religious freedom bill.
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The case weighs religious freedom versus the welfare of a child.
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Critics accused Democrats of being selective about whose religious freedom matters.
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There is no independent media, functioning civil society, or religious freedom.
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CPCs represent the worst violators of religious freedom in the world.
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So religious freedom means forcing one interpretation of religion on everyone.
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America was built on the rights of conscience and religious freedom.
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Nothing good will come of it for religious freedom in general.
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Both sides argue that religious freedom itself could be at stake.
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Countries that deny religious freedom invariably restrict other freedoms as well.
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Religious freedom needs to be available for people of all faiths.
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When it's not your religious freedom the division serves to protect.
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When other people's "conscience" and "religious freedom" supersede your constitutional freedoms.
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She writes and speaks widely about religious freedom, Catholicism, and women.
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Sam Brownback as ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom (IRF).
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EDT: President Trump led the United Nations event on religious freedom.
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Religious freedom is a true source of strength for this nation.
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Sam Brownback to be ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
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This was all possible before any religious freedom law was passed.
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Denying them coverage for a benefit that the rest of the population gets by default goes beyond respecting the religious freedom of their bosses, critics say — it actually intrudes on the religious freedom of the workers.
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The Trump administration has made religious freedom a foreign policy priority at an unprecedented level, through the now-annual State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom and its elevation of the issue at the United Nations.
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Just over a year ago, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, which among other things elevated the role of the United States' ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom.
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Trump rattled off several examples of his administration's efforts to uphold religious freedom, pointing to the State Department's creation of an International Religious Freedom Alliance and his appointment of a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
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Trump announced at the event on Monday a U.S. pledge of $25 million to protect religious freedom sites and relics globally and the formation of a coalition of U.S. businesses for the protection of religious freedom.
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But my religious freedom — everyone's religious freedom — took a hit when my state decided that instead of slowing down to accommodate religious difference, the execution, which is final and irrevocable, had to go on as scheduled.
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador for religious freedom on Monday again urged China to give its people religious freedom, a move he said could help gain trust from self-ruled Taiwan, an island China considers its own.
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"International religious freedom deserves to be a front-burner issue," Pompeo said.
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When Islam is Not a Religion: Inside America's Fight for Religious Freedom.
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But where religion is involved, freedom of religion, religious freedom takes priority.
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America is built on a foundation of tolerance, community and religious freedom.
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It contains an explicit reference to human rights and to religious freedom.
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Phil Bryant sign a controversial religious freedom bill into law this week?
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Today's so-called 'religious freedom' acts, like the one signed by Gov.
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So are today's religious freedom bills the opposite of what Jefferson wanted?
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I can't think of a single religious freedom case that they've lost.
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Justice Scalia was quite sympathetic to and protective of religious freedom interests.
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Some Republicans argue the legislation violates religious freedom and nullifies women's rights.
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Roger Williams settled Providence in 1636 and championed religious freedom and democracy.
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When religious freedom is protected, women's rights are strengthened and societies flourish.
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Religious freedom is &aposright given by God,&apos State Department official says.
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But the country is still far from a bastion of religious freedom.
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Even religious freedom, a bedrock of U.S. constitutional law, is not immune.
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That is not to say that most Chinese Christians enjoy religious freedom.
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But the whole subtext of "religious freedom" in the US is Christianity.
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In Iran, religious freedom is "deteriorating," according to a new government report.
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A transformation in the church's attitude toward liberal democracy and religious freedom.
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He is a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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The religious freedom factor is the most politically volatile at the moment.
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So religious freedom means the freedom to undermine science at taxpayer expense.
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Like male circumcision, should a version of FGM fall under religious freedom?
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Discrimination, as they see it, is just another term for religious freedom.
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Countries and organizations that suppress religious freedom threaten American and global security.
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Since those times, American Baptists have been natural friends of religious freedom.
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We are hearing some great words on religious freedom from this administration.
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Religious-freedom advocates have been mixed in their response to the order.
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He launched his early career as a lawyer arguing religious freedom cases.
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Both cases deal with contraception, religious freedom, and employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Pence did his best to label the law as defending religious freedom.
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One is that it's not about religious freedom — it's about religious exemption.
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The case pits religious freedom against individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
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Conservative groups cheered on the changes as a win for religious freedom.
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Religious freedom doesn't give you the right to override other people's freedoms.
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Today, President Trump released his much-anticipated executive order regarding religious freedom.
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Unfortunately, we have occasionally lost sight of the importance of religious freedom.
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We denounce the systemic prosecution of advocates of sexual and religious freedom.
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This week, a group of faith leaders, religious and human rights organizations launched the Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China to provide a unified front of Americans of all faiths in support of religious freedom in China.
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The president's visit on June 26 with Prime Minister Modi offers an opportunity to address religious freedom openly in negotiations and link the economic goals of a partnering country with our standards of human rights and religious freedom.
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"The inclusion of provisions related to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is vital for continuing to advance religious freedom worldwide," said a spokeswoman for Sen.
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Religious institutions encounter real difficulties Religious freedom bills have actually been growing since the U.S. Religious Freedom Restoration Act became law in 1993, which was designed to prohibit the federal government from "substantially burdening" a person's exercise of religion.
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Once we concede that anything must be accommodated in the name of religious freedom, we will be forced to define what constitutes a "valid" religious belief, a question that by its very nature undermines the point of religious freedom.
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Washington (CNN)The United States will host the first ever ministerial meeting to advance religious freedom around the world this summer, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday at the unveiling of his agency's annual International Religious Freedom report.
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Consider that a core principle of Mormonism is the importance of religious freedom.
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A couple of high-profile disputes have given religious freedom a bad name.
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Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act while he was governor of Indiana.
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Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) wanting to confiscate Americans' guns and restrict religious freedom.
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How did LGBT rights and religious freedom end up on a collision course?
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S. Friendship Commission, Institute of Peace or the Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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The challenges contend the order violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of religious freedom.
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The Kleins argue the penalty was an impermissible breach of their religious freedom.
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Sam Brownback resigned to become U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
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And they still thought it important enough to defend religious freedom from encroachment.
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Ambassador Callista Gingrich: To strengthen women&aposs rights you must protect religious freedom.
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Because no employer should be able to trample on an employee's religious freedom.
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Religious freedom means that the state cannot penalize you because of your beliefs.
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Each will serve as a bellwether of his commitment to guarding religious freedom.
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Make no mistake: Attacking access to contraception is not about protecting religious freedom.
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Open Door's report is independently audited by the International Institute of Religious Freedom.
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In Jefferson's time, too, the precise meaning of religious freedom was hotly contested.
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Freedom means religious freedom, whether you are Christian or Jew, Muslim or atheist.
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Mark Goldfeder is director of the Restoring Religious Freedom Project at Emory University.
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Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) see as a string of events downplaying religious freedom.
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The "Conscience and Religious Freedom" division is a serious threat to patient autonomy.
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A religious freedom battleground Kristy and Dana Dumont are ready to be parents.
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How do these assaults on reason and good governance masquerade as religious freedom?
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It will show the importance our country continues to place on religious freedom.
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But religious rights groups say the case is about religious freedom, not discrimination.
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" She continued, "This is a defining, founding principle of our country: religious freedom.
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Clinton wrote that she has been "fighting to defend religious freedom for years."
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Religious freedom laws allow institutions to practice discrimination to avoid violating personal beliefs.
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The United States was founded in part on the notion of religious freedom.
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The conference was ostensibly called to address the rising threat to religious freedom.
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It won't make children safer and it will most likely undermine religious freedom.
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Brownback left office earlier this year to become Trump's ambassador for religious freedom.
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"The light of religious freedom has pierced through the darkness of Nazi persecution."
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The city is clashing with the restaurant over LGBTQ+ values and religious freedom.
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"We cannot accept this, even in the name of religious freedom," she said.
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To say the ban limits their religious freedom is also an invalid argument.
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Religious freedom means practicing religion in private without fear of intimidation or reprisals.
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Mazyek had put his signature next to Article 4, which guarantees religious freedom.
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Religious freedom here was an absolute, he wrote, and all creeds were welcome.
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Everyone deserves to be able to express their religious freedom safely and peacefully.
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Hooah to the Army for finally letting him enjoy his own religious freedom.
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The current state of religious freedom in Russia is reminiscent of Soviet times.
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As LGBT rights continue to advance, tensions with religious freedom will naturally continue.
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The case pits claims of religious freedom against the fight for gay rights.
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When religious nationalists invoke "religious freedom," it is typically code for religious privilege.
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Arizona State Senator Al MelvinWhile discussing a bill that would allow businesses to turn away LGBT customers in the name of religious freedom, Cooper challenged Melvin, asking him to name one instance in which religious freedom was threatened in Arizona.
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Ultimately, though, his larger argument is quite clear: To him, the contraceptive mandate was an unacceptable infringement on the religious freedom of Priests for Life (even though Obama's mandate allowed them to seek an exemption on grounds of religious freedom).
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But he also stood by his previous criticism of Pence who, as governor of Indiana, signed the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015, which allowed businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers in the name of religious freedom.
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Religious-freedom diplomacy should demand adoption of religious freedom goals in states where terrorism is incubated, especially authoritarian regimes that oppress religious minorities and majorities alike, including those who are U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and India.
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That would be fine, religious freedom being what it is, except for two things.
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That&aposs according to the State Department&aposs annual report on international religious freedom.
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Barrett's confirmation could radically shift American laws on issues like religious freedom and abortion.
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We need Jeffersonian religious freedom papers to begin to start to teach our youth.
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Otherwise, he generally seems to suggest that public accommodations would triumph over religious freedom.
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HENNINGER: Well, I read it as a victory, a small victory for religious freedom.
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Rabbi Glick casts the campaign for prayer rights as a matter of religious freedom.
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Green reposted an article regarding President Obama's assault on religious freedom in the military.
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It opposed the 2014 "religious freedom" law in Indiana, where the association is headquartered.
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As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to take action to defend religious freedom.
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He was the founding director of the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom.
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Trump can get a "win" by committing to protect religious freedom for all Americans.
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"Religious freedom is a fundamental American value," said Maggie Garrett, the group's legislative director.
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Previously, she served as founding staff director of the Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus.
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"We remain concerned about the state of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia," Tillerson said.
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But religious freedom doesn't give employers the right to discriminate against their female employees.
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In that context, there's a draft for a religious freedom executive order floating around.
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Looking in retrospect, it did have really good impact in terms of religious freedom.
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Restrictions on religious freedom also intensified, particularly in ethnic minority Tibetan and Uyghur areas.
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Last week the State Department issued its annual report on International Religious Freedom (IRF).
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Sessions' announcement comes as the Trump administration has pushed to prioritize religious freedom laws.
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide documented 2,300 violations of religious freedom compared to 220 in 2014.
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And on the firm foundation of religious freedom memorialized in the Declaration of Independence.
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It will be decided within the particular framework of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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The Catholic Church teaches that religious freedom has to do with immunity from coercion.
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One individual was noticeably missing: The U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
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"I've been fighting to defend religious freedom for years," she said on Aug. 85033.
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In other words, he and the four could hijack Religious Freedom Restoration Act back.
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Another issue discussed is the link between violations of religious freedom and women's rights.
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Tenzin Dorjee serves as chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Or the federal government will snap into widespread action in defense of religious freedom.
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It is unlikely the pope will accept, given the country's suppression of religious freedom.
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Nadine Maenza is Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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Should religious freedom be allowed to put the lives of the many at risk?
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Back then, Pence, as governor of Indiana, signed a religious freedom bill into law.
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The American Indian Religious Freedom Act was drafted with the colonizers' history in mind.
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In recent conflicts between patient needs and religious freedom, patients have too often lost.
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SACRED LIBERTY: America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom, by Steven Waldman.
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Opponents describe tighter laws as an assault on their parental rights and religious freedom.
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"In 2018, religious freedom conditions in India continued a downward trend," the report said.
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Judge O'Connor agreed, finding that the rules likely violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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The company's C.E.O., Marc Benioff, has been outspoken on immigration, religious freedom and homelessness.
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Commissioner Nadine Maenza is Vice Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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The justices walked the administration through the history of religious freedom and its value.
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There are two important things to know about the religious freedom/wedding cake case.
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Let's be clear: This change on birth control coverage is not about religious freedom.
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New rules promulgated by his administration to advance 'religious freedom' will actually restrict it.
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For instance, Trump chose Tony Perkins to chair his Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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Religious freedom is a core American value — not left or right; liberal, or conservative.
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Brownback was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 28503.
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EDT: A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee will have a hearing on global religious freedom.
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Mr. Trump could, for example, still enshrine a religious freedom provision in federal policy.
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At the Producers Guild Awards, presenters and winners emphasized religious freedom, empathy and diversity.
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Sam Brownback of Kansas to serve as the State Department's envoy of religious freedom.
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On the right, we hear that Muslims should have no religious freedom at all.
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Two White House officials confirmed the basics of the religious freedom aid-conditioning plan.
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On the other hand, religious freedom increases prosperity, reduces instability and undermines violent extremism.
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Mr. Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, also talks of global religious freedom as a priority.
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The two said they are big advocates of religious freedom and freedom of expression.
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President Obama's appointees have tilted these courts decisively in a religious freedom-hostile direction.
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Nonetheless, advocates genuinely believe these religious freedom bills are a threat to LGBTQ rights.
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An executive order of religious freedom thing, which they're supposed to be against. Silence.
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Businesses can cite religious freedom laws to discriminate against transgender employees, a federal court in Michigan ruled on Thursday — the first time a court found that the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) can potentially be used to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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Although legal experts widely agreed that Indiana's religious freedom law would not in fact allow discrimination, the state's religious freedom law nonetheless led to a national firestorm, eventually leading the legislature to amend the law to clarify that it doesn't allow discrimination.
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"In this particular instance, particularly where we were talking about a fundamental issue of religious freedom -- not the interpretation of some arcane statute, but religious freedom -- it was appropriate for us to look at the intent behind the President's actions," Yates said.
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The complaint alleges that the Bureau of Prisons, which oversees the federal prison, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are violating the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Bureau of Prisons' guidelines on religious freedom, according to BuzzFeed.
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" Brownback would not say whether Saudi Arabia will be invited to participate in the upcoming religious freedom ministerial meeting, but said the meeting will include representatives from "like-minded" countries, as well as from countries "working towards a greater religious freedom now.
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" In announcing the intended nomination, the White House noted that Mr. Brownback, a former United States senator and congressman, "worked actively on the issue of religious freedom in multiple countries and was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
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Sam Brownback to be the US's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom on Wednesday.
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Ambassador Sam Brownback, the U.S. envoy for global religious freedom, said the violence is continuing.
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But when you violate someone&aposs constitutional right to religious freedom, that&aposs a problem.
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The International Religious Freedom report also documents violations from countries like Myanmar, Russia and China.
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"Americans are great believers in religious freedom and the right to exercise their religious beliefs."
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However, Ashers' Daniel McArthur said the ruling undermined "democratic freedom, religious freedom and free speech".
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Hours before the House passed the AHCA today, Trump signed a "religious freedom" executive order.
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Seeking religious freedom, they left for the colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
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Trump also signed an executive order that ostensibly protects free speech rights and religious freedom.
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Smith by enacting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities.
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Davis and her supporters argued that she was merely standing up for her religious freedom.
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So they sought religious freedom, as surely as our Founding Fathers sought freedom from taxation.
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Francis will likely focus on issues of religious freedom and fraternity in his public remarks.
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Religious freedom is a human right enjoyed by individuals – not a right granted to religions.
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Governments that respect and protect religious freedom often have greater protections and opportunities for women.
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Some believe that anti-discrimination laws protecting the LGBTQ+ community infringe on people's religious freedom.
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It would therefore be nearly impossible for Masterpiece to prevail on a religious freedom claim.
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The U.S. ambassador for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, is currently in Taipei, to Beijing's anger.
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Thanks to Trump, he'll be our new ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom: Gov.
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The decision will set an important precedent for when people can legally claim religious freedom.
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Three offices would be expanded -- those dealing with religious freedom, HIV/AIDS and Holocaust issues.
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And what does that have to do with the practice of religion or religious freedom?
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"For years we've reported on the state of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia," he added.
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Republicans such as House Speaker Paul Ryan praised it as a reinforcement of religious freedom.
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Buttigieg also criticized Pence for signing Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law in 2015.
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Meanwhile, some right-wing Americans have made Chick-fil-A a symbol of religious freedom.
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Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) to prohibit the use of funds in contravention of religious freedom.
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A government that serves its citizens is one that respects the right to religious freedom.
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She also serves as vice chair at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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" Pence condemned the attacks, saying "this atrocity is an attack on Christianity & religious freedom everywhere.
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Two of the cases on Judge Gorsuch's list show him standing up for religious freedom.
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A. No. The case will be decided under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
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Religious freedom executive order draft: Another draft executive order was leaked by an unknown source.
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After months of rumors, President Donald Trump finally signed an executive order on religious freedom.
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The other major question in this case is: whose religious freedom are we talking about?
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But, you know, religious freedom doesn't give anyone the right to discriminate against other people.
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Religious and human rights advocates immediately attacked the legislation as a breach of religious freedom.
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Fundamentalist Christian movements have also spearheaded anti-vaccine campaigns, claiming that vaccination threatens religious freedom.
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Religious freedom is important to protect, but the courts have ruled it doesn't apply here.
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The very idea prompts uncomfortable questions about human rights, religious freedom and Denmark's international interests.
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The religious freedom legislation is expected to be introduced into parliament in October, Porter said.
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The religious freedom legislation is expected to be introduced into parliament in October, Porter said.
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It was, he tells us, "a myth" that the Puritans favored religious freedom for all.
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It also found that the funeral home was not entitled to a religious freedom defense.
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"Police respect religious freedom and will strive to protect all places of worship," they added.
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U.S. officials say Trump will raise the sensitive subject of religious freedom during his meetings.
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Religious freedom is a precious right that the leaders of black churches must defend vigorously.
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Smith remains the law unless a state has enacted its own Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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She thought Uighur groups in exile were talking too much about religious freedom and independence.
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Nevertheless, this atheist and Catholic do agree on one thing — the right to religious freedom.
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It allows Indiana businesses to cite their religious freedom as a legal defense in lawsuits.
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Clearly, some of our founding fathers were very comfortable extending religious freedom to include Islam.
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He also praised the administration's stance on abortion rights and its "religious freedom" executive orders.
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Brownback adds experience, stature and personal commitment to our protection and promotion of religious freedom.
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" It adds: "[The United States] will advocate on behalf of religious freedom and threatened minorities.
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Critics of the bill say it's just a rehash of typical conservative religious freedom demands.
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"The perpetual conflicts between LGBT rights and religious freedom are corrosive and unsustainable," he wrote.
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This month a U.S. religious freedom commission placed Hafeez on its list of global victims.
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The court is contemplating cases concerning free speech, abortion related restrictions, privacy and religious freedom.
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Mr. Pence said it was not discrimination but rather a way to ensure religious freedom.
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His support for religious freedom in cases like Hobby Lobby adds fuel to that fire.
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Certainly, religious freedom in America means little if the faithful do nothing to defend it.
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They argue that both supporters and opponents of religious freedom laws are misstating their impact.
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That group sometimes is pushing those conversations, like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, those issues.
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The International Religious Freedom Report, published annually by the US government, highlights the campaign platform of Hanson's One Nation Party, which included "cessation of Muslim immigration and limits on some Islamic practices," among an executive summary of the current status of religious freedom in Australia.
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Sam Brownback, the US ambassador at large for international religious freedom, cited the actions against the Early Rain Church and the reports from Xinjiang when announcing that China was one of ten countries designated a "country of concern" when it comes to religious freedom Tuesday.
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This far more radical spin on religious freedom could have major implications for many future cases.
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"And the current vice president uses religious freedom as an excuse to license discrimination," he continued.
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In the process, they have shifted from outsiders suing government to insiders pushing religious-freedom issues.
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Especially on issues like separation of powers, federalism, areas of religious freedom, free exercise in particular.
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Will he encourage Congress to pass religious freedom measures that effectively allow discrimination against LGBTQ people?
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Mike Pence signed the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015, leading major employers, including Salesforce.
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And yet for watchers of religious freedom, the Copts of Egypt present something of a paradox.
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He was willing to promote people from conquered tribes and allowed religious freedom in his empire.
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Their argument was that the bill would compromise the religious freedom laid down by the constitution.
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" Biden said Vice President Mike Pence was using religious freedom as an "excuse to license discrimination.
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The Court has not decided whether the birth-control mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Even in Donald Trump's America, belief in religious freedom is sufficiently robust to protect hijab-wearers.
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And the ACLU is trying to overturn laws in Michigan and Texas that protect religious freedom.
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"Stand by for reports of multitudes saved in Botswana, where religious freedom still exists," he posted.
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The 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) reinforced the religious freedoms outlined in the First Amendment.
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This was after Vice President Pence delivered the same warning during a speech on religious freedom.
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The Trump administration already has in place an ambassador-at-large focused on promoting religious freedom.
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The Do No Harm Act would also overturn many other misuses of the religious freedom law.
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Most of the world's population lives under governments without strong protections for political or religious freedom.
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As a candidate, Donald Trump said very little publicly about rising threats to religious freedom abroad.
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Pushing for religious freedom was a major touchpoint during his time spent as governor in Indiana.
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"They don't have a damn clue what religious freedom means," Decker of the Secular Coalition said.
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The lawsuit contends the travel and refugee provisions violate due process rights and religious freedom protections.
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Brown, 26, works in development for a nonprofit organization in Washington that fights for religious freedom.
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Proponents say it will protect religious freedom while opponents say it is a license to discriminate.
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EDT: Vice President Pence speaks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the State Department.
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Jackie Wolcott and Sandra Jolley are commissioners at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Many state officials have used a religious freedom argument to support denying services to L.G.B.T. people.
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RFRA has been vitally important to protecting religious freedom in the years since it was enacted.
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Federal judges decide major social issues from abortion rights to religious freedom to the death penalty.
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Religious freedom is an important value, but it must exist inside a civil society for all.
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I'm more concerned where you stand on life, where you stand on religious freedom and liberty.
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On religious freedom grounds, however, the issue is clear: Pakistan is among the world's worst violators.
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" Particularly, he added, on a topic as "universally relevant as religious freedom in the Middle East.
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EDT: Vice President Pence meets with members of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable to discuss China.
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It's a serious one, organized around school choice, market-based economics, religious freedom and local communities.
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More states have considered religious freedom bills in clear attempts to allow discrimination against LGBTQ people.
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The President still has a chance to make good on his campaign promise about religious freedom.
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Think of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act he signed, and it blew up in his face.
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Momentum on the international religious freedom front has continued to grow since President Trump took office.
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The Pilgrims had religious freedom in Holland, where they first arrived in the early 17th century.
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That lawyer, Jay Sekulow, is a conservative commentator who made his name on religious freedom cases.
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Sam Brownback, the United States' ambassador at large for international religious freedom, has been much blunter.
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But efforts to strengthen federal religious freedom rights, as against state law, could limit progressive federalism.
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And Trump has been an advocate of "religious freedom" measures that could peel back LGBTQ rights.
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He plans to host a second conference on religious freedom at the State Department in July.
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"Religious freedom is the right to believe and worship as you see fit," Mr. Katskee said.
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Latino pastors and churches are targeted with messages about abortion, "religious freedom" and economic self-sufficiency.
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The United States attorney general must uphold the basic value of religious freedom for all Americans.
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It is essential for the administration to support laws that balance civil rights with religious freedom.
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The administration has cast the latest proposed change at HHS as a win for religious freedom.
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"On a fundamental level, the Proclamation second-guesses our nation's dedication to religious freedom and tolerance."
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President Trump on Monday will lead the United Nations event on religious freedom in New York.
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Salesforce used its pull in Indiana to soften the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015.
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" On Zhang's first day in Cleveland, someone asked her, "Do you have religious freedom in China?
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The administration also has held two major gatherings of foreign ministers focused on promoting religious freedom.
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Perhaps the most evident sign of momentum is the U.S.-led Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.
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Our federal government desperately needs agency leaders who will develop and strengthen pro-religious freedom policies.
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When he was nominated for the religious freedom ambassadorship last summer, many expected a swift confirmation.
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The Ramapough Lenape Indians accuse Mahwah, N.J., of using zoning rules to violate their religious freedom.
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A spokesperson for HHS told BuzzFeed News Thursday that the new division, called the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, and the proposed rule are separate, but that both are related to an executive order President Donald Trump issued in May, ordering government agencies to expand religious freedom.
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The memo makes clear the Justice Department's support of that opinion in noting that the primary religious freedom law — the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 — protects the rights not only of people to worship as they choose but also of corporations, companies, and private firms.
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We believe the administration should also not only continue to designate Saudi Arabia as a "country of particular concern" for its systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), but also stop waiving the related sanctions.
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Today is National Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a statute written by Thomas Jefferson disestablishing the Church of England in Virginia, and an important precursor to the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment.
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"I think President Trump will talk about our shared traditions of democracy and religious freedom both in his public remarks and then certainly in private he will raise these issues, particularly the religious freedom issue, which is extremely important to this administration," the official told reporters.
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His followers built an Islamic civil society movement in Turkey, asking only religious freedom from the state.
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Those challenges concerned a federal law meant to protect religious liberty called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Ambassador Sam Brownback, America&aposs ambassador-at-large for religious freedom, kicked off the ministerial Tuesday morning.
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They haven&apost really adjudicated, you know, the whole decision about religious freedom versus gay civil rights.
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LEO: You know, he&aposs got a couple of cases on religious freedom which is really important.
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Many states have taken to passing Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRA), but Indiana's RFRA is particularly egregious.
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Gorsuch wrote a separate, concurring opinion that stressed the importance of the country's tradition of religious freedom.
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Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme Court nominee, strongly supports the "religious freedom" to legally discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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What we're talking about with these cases is something much different from religious freedom versus LGBTQ rights.
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Even more critical is the necessity of reclaiming the language of religious freedom from the far right.
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Establishing the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division represents a dramatic policy reversal for HHS's civil rights office.
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An obsession with sex has compelled them to turn the very definition of religious freedom against itself.
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Third, it is undemocratic and un-American to try to shut down reasonable exercise of religious freedom.
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" The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian law firm, called it "a great day for religious freedom.
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"The things he said about women and Muslims and religious freedom, I just can't support," Baker said.
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The debate about the conflicting principles of human rights and religious freedom is shifting to Islamic immigrants.
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Detractors argue the ban discriminated against Muslims in violation of the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom.
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"We are concerned these waivers allow for discrimination under the guise of religious freedom," the lawmakers wrote.
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The American embassy took every opportunity to urge the Saudis to respect religious freedom, the report insisted.
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"This country gets a reputation for being a place where people came for religious freedom," Miller said.
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Shackelford's vision of "religious freedom" is the ability to promote his personal religious beliefs using our government.
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But while Masterpiece has raised religious freedom objections, the case is unlikely to turn on these grounds.
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Religious groups and conservatives insist that such a ban would infringe on their rights to religious freedom.
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Congress has an opportunity to enact important legislation — an updated version of the International Religious Freedom Act.
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That's the real reason why Georgia's Republican Governor Nathan Deal vetoed his state's new religious freedom law.
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"Our laws should be a shield to protect religious freedom and not a sword to harm others."
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That is not our call to make under the first prong of RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act).
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Matt Sharp is senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit group working to defend religious freedom.
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Many conservative Catholics support Mr. Trump, largely for his anti-abortion policies and attention to religious freedom.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the proposal Friday, citing concerns about religious freedom.
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"So from their perspective — 'We need this law to protect our religious freedom' — Uh, no you don't."
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NASA is embroiled in a religious freedom dispute with Christian employees, who claim they are being censored.
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Colorado Civil Rights Commission case, which is seen as a clash between religious freedom and LGBT rights.
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The ban on entry from these Muslim-majority countries is incompatible with our constitutionally guaranteed religious freedom.
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Government has been increasingly willing to infringe upon religious freedom as American society has become more secular.
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To be fair, the Supreme Court isn't entirely hostile to religious-freedom claims made by non-Christians.
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This sets up a major test this term weighing religious freedom against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Sebelius, Gorsuch held that a company's rights to religious freedom trump the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate.
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He also accused Beijing of pressuring countries not to attend a U.S.-hosted conference on religious freedom.
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The plaintiffs are betting on an expansive interpretation of a federal statute, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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What's being hijacked is not the religious objectors' insurance plans, but the Religious Freedom Restoration Act itself.
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But the real test is whether he excuses the same discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom.
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Pence is a conservative Christian, and while Governor of Indiana he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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It also regularly organizes events to promote interfaith dialogue and has ratified international treaties guaranteeing religious freedom.
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The concern wasn't that Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) would allow blanket discrimination across the state.
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This move was seen as illegitimate by many drug policy researchers and an affront to religious freedom.
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In both Kentucky and Romania, Ms. Davis described same-sex marriage as an attack on religious freedom.
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Puritans who sought religious freedom settled in the Chesapeake Bay in 1649 and named their settlement Providence.
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So, what exactly will Trump's $25 million notion of "religious freedom" look like at home and abroad?
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"School Choice Battle May Boost Religious Freedom" was the headline on USA Today's preview of the argument.
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Religious freedom is a fundamental right deserved by all — and therefore it must be defended for all.
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The Republicans said he failed to assuage their concerns on issues including public safety and religious freedom.
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This year in particular saw an unprecedented erosion of religious freedom in Hong Kong, especially for Christians.
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His position on religious freedom is critical to adherents of all faiths, and indeed to all Americans.
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Such an initiative should be welcomed, not criticized by those who are genuinely committed to religious freedom.
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Even non-lawyers know that the U.S. Constitution does not mandate religious freedom violations; it forbids them.
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We urge the senate to promptly confirm Governor Brownback as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
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"As president, protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities and always has been," Trump said.
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The work of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus mirrors this commitment to protecting international religious freedom for all.
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Pence, a staunch conservative Christian, signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act while he was governor of Indiana.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said Hafeez and his family had been facing murder threats.
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Religious freedom is hurt, not helped, by more direct entanglement of religious leaders in the political process.
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And at least domestically, the Trump administration has used "religious freedom" to push back on LGBTQ rights.
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A staunch conservative Christian, he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act while he was governor of Indiana.
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"On the issues that matter, religious freedom, defunding Planned Parenthood, repealing Obamacare, he's been strong," Hunt said.
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Egypt and India, for example, arguably have religious freedom issues, he noted, but both receive U.S. aid.
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During the U.N. General Assembly in September, Trump announced a $25 million commitment to support religious freedom.
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But he sets this "sin" above all others and seeks not "religious freedom" but permission to discriminate.
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Mike Pence signed a religious freedom bill into law that was also widely criticized as anti-LGBTQ.
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Third, President Trump can instruct the Department of Justice to advance religious freedom protection in court cases.
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Sam Brownback took a job in the Trump administration as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
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In cases like that, the Court could seriously limit state variation on important questions of religious freedom.
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Once again, Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission boils down to religious freedom versus legalized discrimination.
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But some legal scholars doubt the religious freedom measures in question can be used in this way.
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You may have heard Mississippi's religious freedom law will now allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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Kumar said India's constitution guarantees fundamental rights and religious freedom of all citizens, including its minority communities.
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These forums replaced the principle of religious freedom, stoked divisions and favored the majority Sunni Muslim community.
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The International Religious Freedom Report for 2015 highlights 23 countries where religious freedom has been endangered in the past year, including the targeting of Christians by the Chinese government, the violence suffered by Sunni Muslims in Iraq at the hands of Shiite militias, and religious persecution in Eritrea.
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Utah. In that state, where a majority of residents is Mormon, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, elected officials seem to have a deep understanding that an attack on the religious freedom of one group is an attack on the religious freedom of everyone.
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Brown signs the bill into law, it would set the stage for yet another battle over religious freedom.
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Another attorney went to the Department of Health and Human Services as a senior adviser on religious freedom.
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Each is challenging the order on the grounds that it violates an individual's Constitutional right to religious freedom.
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The Supreme Court drew a line in the sand and protected the religious freedom of people like Jack.
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Poverty, autocracy and restrictions on religious freedom have made citizens of the former Soviet republics susceptible to radicalisation.
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Pastor Robert Green occupies what he calls the "messy middle ground" when it comes to religious freedom laws.
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For instance, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was applied to say that Hobby Lobby could deny contraception coverage.
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He writes that he would rule in favor of the challenge, that the mandate unconstitutionally burdens religious freedom.
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He argued 12 cases in front of the Supreme Court, including hearings on abortion rights and religious freedom.
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) drew near-unanimous support in Congress and was signed by Bill Clinton.
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Both ministers were in Washington for a gathering on religious freedom organized by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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"Where religious freedom and related rights are not protected, violent extremism is more likely to spread," it argues.
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It seems to me the only fundamentalist, extremist predator in this case is the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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In the eyes of the law, were the activities of the THC Ministry actually protected under religious freedom?
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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom marked the anniversary by urging the abolition of that law.
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As governor of Indiana, Pence proposed a religious freedom act that would legalize discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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Last September, candidate Trump invited religious-freedom advocates who had not endorsed him to meet at Trump Tower.
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The nominee should have significant foreign policy experience and understand the relationship between religious freedom and national security.
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Jim Campbell is senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, which defends religious freedom in the U.S. and worldwide.
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Vice President Mike Pence is known for pushing for religious freedom measures when he was governor of Indiana.
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What's more, the country has a horrible human rights record, according to international watchdogs, particularly on religious freedom.
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She says the administration has cited religious freedom on actions that she says are intended to harm people.
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Pence is a staunch social conservative and a devout evangelical Christian who signed a controversial religious freedom law.
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The appeals courts can shape the interpretation of such issues as abortion, religious freedom, voting rights and race.
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Conversations on religious freedom and tolerance often take place with senior, well-known religious leaders in capital cities.
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The statement indicated that the house only refused to allow religious freedom to a resident who practiced Satanism.
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He's argued 12 cases in front of the Supreme Court, including hearings on abortion rights and religious freedom.
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Dent argued that the NDAA was not the place to have a debate about religious freedom versus nondiscrimination.
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"We can't let ourselves fall into the misconception that religious freedom and nondiscrimination are mutually exclusive," Dent said.
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"I'm hopeful that we can work to see more religious freedom taking place in Saudi Arabia," said Brownback.
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She is also the 2017 recipient of the Newseum's Free Expression award for her work on religious freedom.
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A country that permits violations of religious freedom should be viewed as a sponsor of human rights violations.
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"Never again shall a negative, hateful message be uttered in the name of 'religious freedom,'" the group said.
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But this law has been abused to stifle religious freedom and to purge debate critical of President Putin.
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But their efforts to start a family have put them at the center of a religious freedom debate.
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"It suggests that the president has no real interest in religious persecution or the tenets of religious freedom."
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There's no rhyme or reason to this, just a desire to co-opt religious freedom to inflict harm.
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The proposed rule will continue to responsibly protect religious freedom and members of the LGBTQ community from discrimination.
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The Supreme Court agreed, extending the concept of religious freedom for the first time from individuals to corporations.
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Religious freedom in the West for 30 million Muslims illustrates that Islam and the West are fully compatible.
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The U.S. State Department wrapped up its three-day Ministerial for the Advancement of Religious Freedom on Thursday.
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This was a straightforward application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress to protect religious liberty.
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LGBT rights and religious freedom can coexist — but only once SOGI laws themselves are eradicated or seriously reshaped.
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Under the Trump administration, we have seen a revived defense of religious freedom as an excuse for discrimination.
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Critics say the case threatens Indonesia's reputation as a model for religious freedom and democracy in the region.
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The scope of the ruling was limited, though, and did not address questions about discrimination and religious freedom.
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In a statement posted March 22 on its website, the church claims that closure orders violate religious freedom.
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The question of balancing local custom with religious freedom has also been playing out in other countries recently.
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American courts have generally opted for a broad interpretation of the religious freedom exemption from anti-discrimination laws.
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They also note that religious freedom arguments were used to fight school desegregation statutes after they were passed.
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The Supreme Court did not decide whether the religious freedom law applied to publicly traded, for-profit corporations.
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THE KING AND THE CATHOLICS: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829, by Antonia Fraser.
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Hensley is arguing the state violated the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act by disciplining her over the incident.
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In a sharply worded statement, the experts expressed alarm about "severe restrictions of religious freedom" in the area.
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The case is the latest clash between religious freedom and same-sex marriage to reach the high court.
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Muslim UAE promotes itself as a centre of tolerance and says it supports religious freedom and cultural diversity.
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One party's candidates support religious freedom, so it naturally follows that the other party's candidates endorse religious tyranny.
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After saying that Modi's government had "really worked hard on religious freedom," Trump was asked a second time.
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Interfaith dialogue is an effective deterrent against hate and a positive reminder of the importance of religious freedom.
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" In addition, the US will be "forming a coalition of US businesses for the protection of religious freedom.
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Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, also known as RFRA, in direct response to the court's ruling.
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Mike Pence revised a 2015 state bill covering religious freedom after major employers in the state, including Salesforce.
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Opponents describe the legislation as an attack on religious freedom that targets the five daily calls to prayer.
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But he also plans to expand three offices on religious freedom, HIV/AIDS and Holocaust issues, CNN reported.
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He will skip the UN climate change summit and instead attend keynote Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom.
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Developing the institutions and habits of religious freedom is a powerful but underused weapon in the diplomat's toolkit.
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But religious freedom cannot be permitted to eclipse other fundamental rights, and HHS's proposed rule does precisely that.
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"Our elected officials support our party platform and our Constitution and we stand for religious freedom," he said.
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In these states, it's not religious freedom laws that allow discrimination; it's the lack of civil rights laws.
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Note: The opinions expressed here do not represent the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom or George Washington University.
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"The protection of religious freedom is vital to peace, stability, and prosperity," the department said in a statement.
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That was partly because of the bureaucratic arrangements set up by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which gives a watchdog brief both to America's State Department and another agency, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose membership is determined by both Congress and the White House.
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" He praised the strong history of religious freedom in the country, noting how "the Quakers who founded Philadelphia were inspired by a profound evangelical sense of the dignity of each individual" and that "this conviction led them to found a colony which would be a haven of religious freedom and tolerance.
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However, the International Religious Freedom Report for 2017 — an annual survey on the state of religious freedom in 195 countries released on May 28 — offers a mixed bag for LGBT people at a time when religious liberty increasingly is used as a pretext to license discrimination in the United States.
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"That was a huge issue for us in Indiana when he advanced a discriminatory bill in 2015 under the guise of religious freedom, that said it was lawful to discriminate, provided you invoked religion as your excuse," Buttigieg continued, referring to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Pence signed into law.
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In February, a draft of an order centered on religious freedom was leaked to the Nation, and it appeared to be a national version of the Religious Freedom Act that Vice President Mike Pence passed back when he was governor of Indiana and eventually had to revise due to massive protest.
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" MARTYN ILES, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY: "We look forward to continuing our constructive conversation with the government on religious freedom....Religious freedom must be a priority for the Morrison ministry in light of increasing numbers of Australians who are getting into trouble with the law for living out their faith.
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The notion of religious freedom used to be this beautiful notion that all religions can come here and practice.
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According to watchdogs, there have been more than 600 cases of religious freedom violations in the past two years.
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FOX NEWS OPINION Attorney General Sessions: President Trump knows religious freedom is a right , not a policy preference. Rep.
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America is blessed with fertile land, abundant natural resources, a strong economy, and faithful citizens who value religious freedom.
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Tennessee says it wants to protect the religious freedom of therapists who wish not to treat the LGBT community.
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Our faction believes in American exceptionalism, free markets, economic growth, individual liberty, religious freedom, and the value of tradition.
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Parents of students who attend religious schools claim the state's different treatment of religious schools violates their religious freedom.
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They are modeled after a federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
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After Pence signed the state's "religious freedom" law, which was largely characterized as anti-LGBTQ, Buttigieg tweeted his disappointment.
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But the cause of religious freedom, which is one of America's founding ideals, has mutated ideologically in odd ways.
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Cuomo said he understands the importance of religious freedom, but protecting public health is equally important, per the NYT.
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Most Muslims enjoy the religious freedom they need to practice their faith, which is guaranteed by the US constitution.
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RELIGIOUS freedom, as it has been defined recently in domestic American affairs, is a cause that mostly attracts conservatives.
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To appreciate why this is the case, it's important to understand what religious freedom is in the first place.
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Religious freedom expert Gregory Lipper believes that a ruling in favor of the church could produce a slippery slope.
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Pence, an evangelical Christian, has been a vocal proponent of the religious freedom agenda – to the point of controversy.
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THESE are dark times for anybody who cares about religious freedom, and the fate of minority faiths, in Pakistan.
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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, some form of religious freedom acts currently exist in 21 states.
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That branch won a lawsuit in 2006 a under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; the case, O Centro v.
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The fact of the matter is, this is a trampling of religious freedom and religious liberty in this country.
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Those who will engage in this war of ideas, however, cannot be effective without some semblance of religious freedom.
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" Colorado Christian University President Donald Sweeting called it "an enormous milestone victory" for "religious freedom and freedom of conscience.
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Sam Brownback's tenure in Kansas is ending early: Trump is making him Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
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Gorsuch has notably ruled in favor of religious freedom in cases challenging the Affordable Care Act's contraception coverage mandate.
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Swedes and Norwegians left their homelands to escape grinding poverty, restrictions on religious freedom and the compulsory military draft.
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So the U.S. should be challenging Saudi Arabia's record on human rights and religious freedom and rule of law.
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Both the United States and Israel are nations of immigrants – anchored by our ideals of political and religious freedom.
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The Smith decision was roundly condemned, leading Congress overwhelmingly to adopt the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 1993.
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The library director and Turner are accused of violating religious freedom by using taxpayer dollars to fund the events.
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It was a strong statement from the Speaker, signifying his own and his party's continued support for religious freedom.
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Those discussions, now being held with the Trump administration — which shares our commitment to religious freedom — are in progress.
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But for those who believe that religious freedom transcends sexuality or creed, these incidents should be cause for concern.
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As the State Department works to promote religious freedom, it should ensure that LGBT people, like others, are protected.
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In fact, every state that has an LGBTQ-inclusive civil rights law has multiple, broad protections for religious freedom.
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The ordinance states that religious freedom can be curtailed for security reasons and does not mention any particular faith.
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Dozens of businesses loudly denounced the so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law by then–Indiana Gov.
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My guardian also forces me to cover my face, even though it should be a personal and religious freedom.
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These are the people of faith that the new HHS Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom neglects and ignores.
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will speak about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act at noon at the Heritage Foundation.
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Each state passed a religious-freedom bill that appeared to shield business that didn't want to serve gay couples.
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He sided with a religious group, Little Sisters of the Poor, that claimed the law violated its religious freedom.
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The suits cite the free exercise clause of the First Amendment as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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A Russian court in February jailed him for six years in a case critics condemn as crushing religious freedom.
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Justice Kennedy's rationale situates conservative Christianity in the minority, with the ability to use religious freedom as a defense.
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He has written countless decisions applauded by conservatives on topics including the Second Amendment, religious freedom and campaign finance.
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act at least requires a claim that has something to do, however implausibly, with religion.
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That 5-to-4 decision was based on an interpretation of a federal statute, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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They are at the center of a long-running clash over same-sex marriage rights, religious freedom and discrimination.
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THE KING AND THE CATHOLICS England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829 By Antonia Fraser Illustrated.
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An earlier version of this article misstated the stance of the Becket Fund, a religious freedom group, on abortion.
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Many evangelicals, however, are increasingly promoting religious freedom as "our first freedom," as Mr. Pence did in his speech.
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In a country founded on principles of religious freedom, Catholic Social Services should be headed for a decisive win.
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The leaders also discussed policy issues at the time, such a religious freedom, judicial nominees and criminal justice reform.
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Many who oppose ending the practice cite religious freedom or seek exceptions for those in military service or pregnant.
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The Conscience Protection rule was first proposed in conjunction with the launch of HHS's Conscience and Religious Freedom Division.
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Last year, Indiana and Arkansas amended their religious-freedom bills after a corporate backlash (led, in Arkansas, by Walmart).
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The report listed threats to religious freedom in 199 countries, but the United States was not on the list.
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Both Mr. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have said that the protection of religious freedom is a priority.
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They have also been pleased with his support for pro-life policies and religious freedom and his Israel policies.
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The US ambassador at large for religious freedom has called on India specifically to abide by its constitutional commitments.
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It would be a small but important step to ensure religious freedom is a practice, not just an ideal.
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The Indiana pizzeria once at the center of a national debate over religious freedom has permanently closed its doors.
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That is why this Catholic and atheist believe we must reclaim true religious freedom — freedom of and from religion.
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GENGHIS KHAN AND THE QUEST FOR GOD: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom, by Jack Weatherford.
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We discussed Mike Pence, and Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which Pence, as governor, signed into law in 2015.
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Brownback, a devout Catholic, would be the fifth person to run the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom.
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Speeches on religious freedom may motivate the evangelical Christian voters who make up a large chunk of Trump's base.
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The settlement is the latest inflection point in a nationwide debate over religious freedom in the child welfare system.
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He'll host a summit Monday on religious freedom, while skipping a major UN gathering that day on climate change.
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"Religious freedom should protect unwilling taxpayers from funding church property, not force them to foot the bill," Mach said.
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Now various state legislatures, including those in New Mexico, Virginia, and West Virginia, are debating enacting "religious freedom" laws.
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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, one of two agencies in Washington, DC, that monitor liberty of belief, acknowledged in its latest annual report that the Cairo government had taken "some positive steps to address religious freedom concerns", for example by curbing extremist messages in Muslim sermons and school lessons.
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In its most recent annual report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan agency, placed Russia on the list of egregious violators of religious freedom, arguing that its record had worsened in every recent year, not only within its own territory, but also in Russian-dominated parts of Ukraine.
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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mr. Kemp told a hospitality industry group Tuesday that he would veto any religious freedom bill that went beyond the federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was passed with bipartisan support and signed into law in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, a Democrat.
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Kentucky's heavily Republican legislature passed a "religious freedom" law that could allow students to exclude gays from Christian college clubs.
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Activists say China has violently tried to stamp out religious freedom and culture in Tibet, which remains under heavy security.
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In 2015, while fighting Arkansas's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), I created and launched a national End Hate installation series.
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WASHINGTON – The Latest on the State Department&aposs annual report on international religious freedom (all times local): 10:15 a.m.
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"We condemn attacks on our religious freedom manifesting in a group of anti-Semites," the letter, released Tuesday morning, reads.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court drew a line in the sand and protected the religious freedom of people like Jack.
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There is also a very compelling argument that this order violates the constitutional guarantees of equal protection and religious freedom.
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Sessions is loyal to his ideology — see: immigration, pot, religious freedom — but his true love is the rule of law.
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Because the Georgia General Assembly just passed a religious freedom bill, just like Indiana did around this time last year.
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It also alleges the women are being denied the right to practice their faith under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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That same day, at a conference on religious freedom held at the State Department, Pence reiterated the official American position.
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Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian regime that discriminates against women, doesn't permit religious freedom, and prevents freedom of the press.
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Monday's court session will be attended by North Carolina senator Thom Tillis and U.S. envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback.
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His most recent book, "Uprising: The Pueblo Indians and the First American War for Religious Freedom," was published in 2013.
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The Dawoodi Bohra Women's Association for Religious Freedom said the study did not represent the views of most Bohra women.
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Still, Kaine failed to bring up one of Pence's vulnerabilities -- his history of anti-LGBT legislation cloaked as religious freedom.
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In 2015, business pressure forced Indiana to amend a religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination.
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Pence's biggest moment in the national spotlight was in spearheading Indiana's ill-advised and spectacularly mishandled Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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"Tolerance, religious freedom and freedom of conscience must apply to all religions," he said in the interview published on Friday.
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It appears they'll take the "religious freedom" route, making it easier for employers with religious objections to skirt the mandate.
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In brief remarks, Abdul-Jabbar cited Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, one of his most famous and important works.
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When the applicant appealed, on the grounds of her right to religious freedom, the Conseil d'Etat upheld the government's decision.
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But for some Sikh-American community leaders, the assurances Commissioner O'Neill made fell short of the ideal of religious freedom.
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Electing Judge Roy Moore to the Senate will be a vote for small government, religious freedom, and a better economy.
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I think he is actually saying religious freedom, which is defended by the Alliance Defending Freedom, is a sacrosanct right.
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The human rights of women and religious freedom operate in concert with all other human rights – universal, indivisible and interdependent.
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This is because religious freedom can mobilize faith leaders and create the conditions necessary for the peaceful practice of religion.
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Understanding the synergies that exist between women's rights and religious freedom is essential to strengthening each right around the world.
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While plenty of religious conservatives believe the Constitution should safeguard religious freedom as much as possible, Moore goes much further.
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"The Hasidic community is the canary in the coal mine of [the issue of] religious freedom in America," he said.
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It's currently unclear just how far religious-affiliated hospitals could take this newly confirmed right to religious freedom in California.
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In his talk, Sessions said he would use the power of the Justice Department in court to defend religious freedom.
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One of the issues that can cause arguments, within both countries and between them, is the definition of religious freedom.
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I have always been just a little been uncomfortable with the way some on the right talk about religious freedom.
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And may you defend these rights, especially your religious freedom, for it has been given to you by God himself.
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Even though many on the left despise religious freedom, at least some of them should find this difficult to swallow.
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Mississippi's state legislature just passed a similar religious freedom law, and a handful of other states will probably follow suit.
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The posters so far touch on several issues and topics, including religious freedom, immigration, energy solutions, plurality — and even bourbon.
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For liberals, it's about where to draw the line between religious freedom, public health, and a woman's right to contraception.
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Gorsuch has ruled in favor of employers' religious freedom in cases challenging the Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate.
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Indiana's attempt to enact Religious Freedom Restoration Act protections, currently in law in 31 states, prompted a vicious corporate backlash.
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Examples abound: Surprisingly, the ACLU has refused to embrace religious freedom even when doing so would help its own clients.
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In a region where democracy is stifled and religious freedom prohibited, our lawmakers support Israel because it remains a democracy.
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The case, which concerned access to contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, raised a controversial issue about religious freedom.
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Last week, Taiwan hosted a regional conference on religious freedom at which Tsai pledged her country's commitment to the cause.
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House Bill 4012 calls itself religious freedom restoration but it has very little to do with the practice of religion.
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The case is often framed in terms of religious freedom and freedom of expression (since the baker's cakes are "art.").
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The US Commission on International Religious Freedom produces an annual report surveying the state of religious freedoms across the world.
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In the spring of 2015, Pence signed a bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which he presented as innocuous.
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But he also wrote a concurring opinion urging politicians to be careful when they talk about religion and religious freedom.
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But the Court also dodged -- for now -- the broader questions of religious freedom in the context of civil rights protections.
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Failing to designate CPCs tells the violators of religious freedom around the world that the United States is looking away.
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Last Monday, just before his departure to the Middle East, Secretary Pompeo held a press call about international religious freedom.
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They include extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape … and other sexual violence … There is no independent media or religious freedom.
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"We think the Court will strike the right balance between gender justice and the right to religious freedom," she said.
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These bills differ from last year's legislation in Indiana and Arkansas, where supporters described the proposals as religious freedom laws.
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Religious institutions like schools and churches have said that forcing them to comply with that violates the religious freedom law.
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Hobby Lobby Stores, which said that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for contraception coverage violated the religious freedom law.
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Like Scalia, Gorsuch is a keen advocate of religious freedom, which has often been invoked by opponents of LGBTQ rights.
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In honor of International Women's Day, Danish sportswear brand Hummel took a step towards both religious freedom and gender equality.
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Many see his trial as a test case for religious freedom laws in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
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"Conservative Christians believed that if Hillary Clinton won this election it would be 'game over' for religious freedom," he writes.
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He maintains, preposterously, that the religious freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment is solely intended to protect Christians and Christianity.
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The plaintiffs say their religious freedom will be infringed upon if they are forced to comply with the administration's accommodation.
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Its survival as a Christian enclave in Muslim Turkey relies, to some extent, on Western governments' advocacy of religious freedom.
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" Americans United for Separation of Church and State, meanwhile, said the order was actually a "direct attack on religious freedom.
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The Roman Catholic Church in the European Union has also objected that the legislation is an attack on religious freedom.
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"The court struck a balance between the interest of gender equality and religious freedom in the workplace," Mr. Mork said.
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These groups are protected by religious freedom laws, so laws banning conversion therapy for minors do not apply to them.
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" Mr. Perkins pointed to the administration's other efforts for religious freedom, and said that "one incident doesn't make an administration.
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Perkins has long advocated for anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives and calling for "religious freedom" when it favors Christians first and foremost.
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It argues that religious freedom is enhanced rather than threatened by preventing the flow of public money to religious institutions.
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Concerned Westerners must understand that the problem calls for not a battle against Islam but a struggle for religious freedom.
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That court ruled in 2018 that the men could sue under a 1993 statute called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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As governor of Indiana, he signed a controversial religious freedom law that opponents said would have legalized anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
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But some legislators and religious groups have argued that the stricter marriage laws infringe on religious freedom and parents' rights.
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He also named Iran, Venezuela, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as places where there are "difficulties" with religious freedom.
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That the president, vice president, and secretary of state all participated in the religious freedom event has enormous symbolic value.
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Whatever the merits of that particular idea may be, its reasoning fits far worse in the context of religious freedom.
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In a speech on religious freedom before the United Nations General Assembly this week, President Trump didn't mention the Uighurs.
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In such a context, Muslims might seem less like enemies and more like allies in the fight for religious freedom.
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He should remind the country why Obamacare is such an economic mess, but also an assault on our religious freedom.
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One question asked if the respondent would support a pledge for religious freedom and safety from harm for former Muslims.
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Not that the right to religious freedom is absolute; it must always be balanced against the rights of other citizens.
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Democrats warn that such a provision could potentially allow discrimination against the LGBT community in the name of religious freedom.
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Since its inception, the United States has understood the importance of religious freedom and the benefits of a pluralistic society.
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We sometimes forget that when blue state legislatures changed marriage laws they unanimously also added new protections for religious freedom.
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A win-win vision for religious freedom and LGBT rights is not the outlier view of a few Beltway intellectuals.
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The current right-versus-left, no-compromise, winner-take-all approaches are a recipe for disaster-especially for religious freedom.
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Mahatma Gandhi was an activist who fought for civil rights, India's independence, and religious freedom by practicing non-violent protests.
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And under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the question was first, was this a substantial burden on the religious exercise?
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In an act antithetical to his office's mandate, Severino's plan for legalized discrimination is packaged as religious freedom for providers.
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During his U.N. General Assembly speech in September, Trump signaled that his administration would keep making religious freedom a priority.
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Weeks earlier, his administration launched the International Religious Freedom Alliance, a vehicle that brings together countries to promote the cause.
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Hobby Lobby's owners objected to covering certain forms of birth control on the grounds that it violated their religious freedom.
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Threats from major businesses swayed Arizona and Georgia's governors to veto religious freedom laws that were perceived as anti-LGBTQ.
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He pointed to a similar Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana that led to groups threatening to cancel conventions in Indianapolis.
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For the second year running he convened a "ministerial on religious freedom", an event that is growing in scale and scope.
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This designation, given by the secretary of state to nations with severe violations of religious freedom, can be coupled with sanctions.
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"The Court's decision today is a win for protecting religious freedom and American historical tradition," said Justice Department spokesperson Kelly Laco.
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Dan Quinn is the research director for the Texas Freedom Network, a nonpartisan organization advocating for religious freedom and individual liberty.
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"Most do not cover their hair," says Asmah Uddin, the director of strategy for the Center of Islam and Religious Freedom.
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Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Thursday's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the State Department.
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Supporters of the measures say they are needed to keep women and children safe in restrooms and to protect religious freedom.
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And we're going to have to encourage them to act in an appropriate way, or we will lose our religious freedom.
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But it could have also turn off some those who voted for him in 2014 for his commitment to religious freedom.
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The most serious threat to religious freedom is the instilling of fear in people of faith to freely gather to worship.
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The Federal Intelligence Service, however, said it would be very difficult to forbid the group nationwide because of religious freedom laws.
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A spokesman for Zurich's security department said the measure was a matter of safety policy and did not affect religious freedom.
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We'll use gun control as our example, but we would say similar things about abortion rights, affirmative action, or religious freedom.
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This is not to say that everyone who ends up in Queens is drawn by a particular vision of religious freedom.
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In American domestic politics, by contrast, the very concept of "religious freedom" is highly contentious and the rancour never stops growing.
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In a context of religious freedom, rival creeds ebb and flow as they offer their spiritual wares and vie for souls.
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David Ouellette, head of research at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Montreal, says the bill restricts religious freedom.
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And just for defending religious freedom, labeling someone as a hater and a hate group, Harmeet, that probably hurts their fundraising.
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Several evangelical groups, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, which organizes the "Pulpit Freedom" protests, said Trump's religious freedom promises remain unfulfilled.
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Supporters of that law say it protects religious freedom; detractors like Witt say it inappropriately allows state-financed groups to discriminate.
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SHOULD Western democracies make the defence of religious freedom around the world a separate, fenced-off part of their foreign policy?
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Vice President Mike Pence signed the country's first state religious freedom bill into law in Indiana during his governorship in 2015.
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Last week, during a visit to Hong Kong, the U.S. ambassador for religious freedom called on Beijing to end religious persecution.
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Nothing but insults and degrading comments about Muslims — a total misunderstanding of what made our country great, religious freedom, religious liberty.
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Religious freedom has received broad national attention in recent years, notably after the Supreme Court's 2015 ruling allowing same-sex marriage.
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In addition to legitimizing discrimination under the guise of religious freedom, Trump is further enhancing the privilege of Christianity in America.
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Reverend Martin, like myself, also doesn't buy the argument that American Christians are under attack and thus need "religious freedom" laws.
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He will visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday, and will speak with its members about tolerance and religious freedom.
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Manar Waheed, ACLU legislative and advocacy counsel, said Vought's nomination to the position was "disturbing" in its implications for religious freedom.
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Gabbard sidestepped the ongoing assault on religious freedom altogether, instead bashing fellow Democrats involved in vetting the Trump administration's judicial nominees.
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The nation's highest court ruled today that a Lutheran preschool in Missouri has a religious freedom right to receive public funds.
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Brownback noted "very, very troubling concerns, and a decline in religious freedom" in China, which he suggested could prompt US action.
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In Kennedy's final weeks, the court punted on major decisions on partisan gerrymandering and religious-freedom exceptions to anti-discrimination laws.
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She is a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and a board member of United Against Nuclear Iran.
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Religious freedom During the Democratic National Convention, Johnson stumbled into minor controversy over an interview he had with the Washington Examiner.
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In the form now institutionalized in HHS's Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom, civil rights have been wrenched from this tradition.
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Those with religious-freedom claims must act with superhuman perceptiveness or else be faulted by a merciless court on procedural grounds.
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Lawmakers have invoked religious freedom to justify discrimination in areas as diverse as employment, education, health care, housing and public accommodations.
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This inclusive understanding of religious freedom is much more compelling than an approach that pits religion and sexuality against each other.
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As Indiana governor, Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was criticized as opening a door to anti-LGBT discrimination.
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President-elect Trump, an infrequent Presbyterian, didn't claim great piety but appealed strongly to evangelicals with promises to protect religious freedom.
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Indeed, the justices have gone to great lengths to defer to religious-freedom claims by Christian plaintiffs over the past decade.
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Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, he said the question was whether this represented a substantial burden on their religious exercise.
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He equates religious freedom with freedom of conscience, and believes agnostics and atheists should enjoy the same civil rights as monotheists.
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The religious right lobby sees religious freedom not as tolerance for all, but about privileging one set beliefs over all others.
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Tusk also raised human rights more generally in the main summit plenary, seeking more religious freedom for minority groups in China.
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The group has traveled to China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, "among the worst offenders on religious freedom," he said.
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The charges include hate crimes and killing people while obstructing religious freedom — a charge that could result in the death penalty.
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As Kennedy described it, the war he's waging here is not against religious freedom, but for basic standards of human rights.
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Gorsuch, who is an Episcopalian and would be the only Protestant on the Court, is also very strong on religious freedom.
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He has written countless decisions applauded by conservatives on topics including the Second Amendment, religious freedom, the environment and campaign finance.
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Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the conference, as will the United States' ambassador for international religious freedom, Sam Brownback.
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Another may settle the question of whether businesses can turn away patrons like gay couples in the name of religious freedom.
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It's been taught that the Pilgrims came because they were seeking religious freedom, but that's not entirely true, Mr. Loewen said.
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This bill merely reinforces the right which currently exist to the exercise of religious freedom as stated in the First Amendment.
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A religious freedom measure doesn't even have to come into the picture for this to be allowed under most states' laws.
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The bill easily passed the Senate last Wednesday without amendment following a debate on whether it included enough religious freedom provisions.
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Because "the ULC and its ministers are at the forefront of religious freedom, marriage equality and nuptial creativity," Mr. Hoesly said.
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It's worth noting that not all evangelicals support Trump's wider efforts to court the religious right through similar "religious freedom" initiatives.
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But Mr. Pompeo, citing the mission of religious freedom, has also defended the rights of Muslims oppressed by some Asian nations.
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In Zubik, meanwhile, petitioners claim the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) violates religious freedom by providing contraception to employees through health care.
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In New York, many Chinese immigrants enter the Catholic Church and experience religious freedom for the first time in their lives.
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As the governor of Indiana, Mike Pence attributed the failure of his proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act to intolerance toward evangelicals.
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And true to form, they did so earlier this year, on the increasingly Orwellian-sounding annual Religious Freedom Day in January.
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Legitimizing these forms of discrimination is itself a grotesque violation of whatever it is that we actually mean by religious freedom.
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To grasp the motivation for the Trump administration in promulgating "religious freedom," it helps to review a little Supreme Court history.
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Mr. Brownback, who is now the United States ambassador at large for international religious freedom, left Topeka with unsightly approval ratings.
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Since then, his administration has seemingly redefined "religious freedom" as a license to discriminate against Muslims, LGBTQ people and other groups.
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During the last United Nations General Assembly, Trump announced new initiatives as part of a global call for protecting religious freedom.
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In 2015, he signed into law a religious freedom act that was widely criticized for legitimizing discrimination against same-sex couples.
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O'Connor also found that the rule violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act because it substantially burdened the healthcare providers' religious rights.
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The Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent body established by Congress, spoke out on Thich Quang Do's behalf in 2018.
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He left after 15 minutes for the religious freedom event, where he announced US funding for protecting religious sites and relics.
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The commemoration of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom should serve as a call to action for each one of us.
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"It's the old Zionist way — creating facts on the ground," said Tomer Persico, a scholar who advocates religious freedom in Israel.
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The Roberts court, for its part, has carved out a muscular approach to religious-freedom cases, at least for non-Muslims.
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Romney pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act and push back against its provisions that critics say infringe on religious freedom.
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Price has said in the past that the contraception mandate is 'trampling on religious freedom and religious liberty in this country.
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Under pressure from businesses, the Hoosier State backed down somewhat on then-Governor Mike Pence's so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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"If they want to build some confidence in Taiwan, they should give religious freedom to their own people," he told Reuters.
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Buttigieg: (The Religious Freedom Restoration Act) appeared to me to be a license to harm others in the name of religion.
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In particular, Bolton should immediately appoint a Special Advisor to the President for International Religious Freedom at the National Security Council.
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You cannot disentangle their support for Trump's policies on "religious freedom" from their support for his border wall and racial demagoguery.
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They arrived here nearly 40 years ago, after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, in search of social, political and religious freedom.
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As governor of Indiana, Pence signed a religious freedom law that was criticized as a pathway to legal anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
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Together, the new division and proposed rule encourage discrimination under the guise of religious freedom, and the initiative should be opposed.
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Yeomans notes that it's not unusual, particularly under Republican-led administrations, for the DOJ to intervene in cases involving religious freedom.
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The question is a practical one but hints at an underlying tension around religious freedom that the medical emergency is revamping.
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Mr. Christensen, who has lived in Russia since 1999, pleaded not guilty, saying he was exercising his right to religious freedom.
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I believe in small government, lower taxes, individual responsibility, religious freedom, school choice, energy independence, rule of law and secure borders.
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We are forced to dramatically reduce our investment in IN based on our employee's & customer's outrage over the Religious Freedom Bill.
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At the same time, Chick-fil-A and its many supporters have successfully spun opposition as an attack on religious freedom.
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Similar widespread threats of boycotts forced Indiana to amend its religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination.
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As president of a national law firm defending religious freedom, I've seen an alarming rate of discrimination against people of faith in the armed forces: Chaplains disciplined for counseling from their scriptures; service members pressured to renounce their religious views on topics like sexuality, then punished for not doing so; and other attacks on religious freedom in the military.
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In 1786, when Thomas Jefferson and James Madison pushed through the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom that Religious Freedom Day commemorates, the issue that motivated them and that brought evangelical Christians at the time over to their side was a detested tax imposed on all Virginians to pay for the church services demanded by the established church.
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The ruling comes as a blow to the Trump administration, which has put a focus on religious freedom protections for health care workers by creating a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within HHS last year and enforcing existing laws banning private health care providers that receive federal funds from requiring employees to participate in abortions or sterilizations.
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The U.S. special envoy for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, was the only State Department official to schedule a formal meeting with Katz.
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On one side there are conservative Muslims and nationalists, for whom he remains a symbol of prosperity, religious freedom and national pride.
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His is the very definition of a "hostile attitude" toward America's "founding principles" of religious freedom and liberty and justice for all.
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Nevertheless, many, especially among the underground Catholics, remain sceptical that the talks will lead to any substantial improvement in their religious freedom.
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Lampert Gorsuch's interest in religious freedom extends to the rights of prison inmates, as evidenced by his majority opinion in this case.
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"Although couched as a 'religious freedom' bill, this legislation is nothing more than an attempt to stigmatize," he said in a statement.
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His views on social issues, such as same-sex marriage, are not clear, although he has shown strong support for religious freedom.
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Religious freedom and tolerance and understanding the truth and equal rights for every race, religion and creed are extremely important to me.
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It concerned Georgia's "religious freedom" bill, a piece of legislation that she said would lead to discrimination against gay and transgender people.
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He joins the court just in time to hear a big religious freedom case concerning Missouri's ban on churches receiving public money.
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The spokesman also accused Washington of "viciously slandering" Pyongyang in its latest reports on human trafficking and religious freedom around the world.
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In a post on Facebook, she said the attack on Norwegian Muslims was an attack on religious freedom and Norway at large.
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Obria in May sued HHS on religious freedom grounds, saying it shouldn't have to participate in abortions to spend the grant money.
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Conservative lawmakers, not Pence, started the push for Indiana's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act," which ultimately proved deeply unpopular with the business community.
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"The court's decision today is a win for protecting religious freedom and American historical tradition," said Kelly Laco, a Justice Department spokeswoman.
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But it did not spell out how lower courts should balance concerns about discrimination, compelled speech and religious freedom in future cases.
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One memo instructs Justice Department employees to incorporate its legal arguments on religious freedom into litigation strategies and how they review rules.
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The Supreme Court has before it this term a religious freedom case in the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v.
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The party could continue to hold traditional beliefs without pushing religious freedom bills or restrictive bathroom legislation to the forefront of campaigns.
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I hope it won't take something like Religious Freedom Bills or a complete rollback of LGBT rights for people to wake up.
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How can you reassure his supporters that you are not out to take away their religious freedom or their guns, their culture?
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"Denial of religious freedom" was cited by Bill Clinton, then America's president, among his reasons for imposing sanctions on Sudan in 1997.
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He believes that among other shortcomings, Mr Brownback lacks the patience or personal skills to push religious freedom up the diplomatic agenda.
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For most people, the contentious thing is Mr Brownback's passionate embrace of the cause of "religious freedom" in the domestic American sense.
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The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is an organization that trolls military bases in search of any public display of the Christian faith.
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That would be a setback, not an advance, for religious freedom in a nation composed of people of many different religious faiths.
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Those charges were delayed by a Charter challenge that sought to determine whether or not polygamy could be protected under religious freedom.
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With President Trump expected to sign a controversial order on religious liberty, Canada is facing a religious freedom controversy of its own.
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"Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired," he said.
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In a nation founded on religious freedom, he says ban all Muslims, don't let certain people in because of how they pray.
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These cover issues from LGBTQ employment discrimination to "religious freedom" (often meaning the freedom to discriminate) to public accommodations for transgender people.
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These laws have been pivotal in protecting religious freedom for individuals of many faiths, including Jews, Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, and Native Americans.
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Mississippi is among a handful of Southern U.S. states on the front lines of legal battles over equality, privacy and religious freedom.
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MORE took more than two, it appears that Trump may be placing a higher priority on international religious freedom than his predecessors.
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Studies show that religious freedom can make substantial contributions to democratic stability, economic growth and the undermining of religious violence and terrorism.
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Sanders argued that if Trump "respected our traditions of religious freedom" he would not have issued the order in the first place.
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Young's argument for his church's ongoing use of ayahuasca stems from updates to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) made in 2009.
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The controversy comes a year after Indiana and Arkansas tried to introduce religious freedom laws that critics said were discriminatory towards gays.
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He prayed and said religious freedom needed to be "nourished and protected" in remarks late on Tuesday to Australia's biggest evangelical gathering.
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All that is part of the background to some recent announcements by the American agencies which are mandated to monitor religious freedom.
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In the age of IS, there is an extremely pragmatic argument for granting religious freedom—and denying terrorists an easy propaganda gain.
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The decision, later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, said the provision violated a federal law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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His proposal to bar Muslims from entry into the country tests the Constitution's guarantees of religious freedom, due process and equal protection.
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These stories are part of a new report out today that shows how groups are reclaiming religious freedom from the Christian right.
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They hoped that the Supreme Court on Monday would once and for all strike a new balance between religious freedom and discrimination.
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"Courage House respects religious freedom and works to ensure that every girl has access to opportunities to attend religious services," they wrote.
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The report urged the Obama administration to use these negotiations as leverage to press for stronger religious freedom protections in these countries.
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Republicans who backed the amendment said it was about religious freedom, but Democrats said it would enshrine discrimination in the state's constitution.
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The plaintiffs, all U.S. citizens or permanent residents who were born abroad, had sought damages under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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As members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), we see a global crisis in need of a global answer.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom found that since the JCPOA, the human rights situation in Iran has grown steadily worse.
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Conscientious objections to providing full and accurate health care to patients is not about protecting religious freedom, it's about power and control.
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